How to add new disk in VMware / ESXi / vCenter without rebooting

If you want to add new HDD to existing Linux virtual machine like CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 you must:

First add new disk in preferences of virtual machine.
Click Edit preferences of virtual machine. On tab Hardware click Add button and fill proper preferences.
When you save data new hardware should appear on hardware list.

Now login to your virtual machine and execute:
# fdisk -l
You should see all previous mounted hardware.

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